Lunar Lunacy: Competition, Conflict and Mining the Moon
The discussion about mining the Moon resembles that of previous conquests: the division of territory; the grabbing of resources; language of theft and plunder. All […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Assange’s Eighteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Abuse of Power, Breaching Attorney-Client Privilege and Adjournment
October 1, 2020. Central Criminal Court, London. The Old Bailey has been the venue for a trial that should never have taken place. But during […]
Assange’s Seventeenth Day at the Old Bailey: Embassy Espionage, Contemplated Poisoning and Proposed Kidnapping
September 30. Central Criminal Court, London. Today will be remembered as a grand expose. It was a direct, pointed accusation at the intentions of the […]
Assange’s Sixteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Special Administrative Measures, Unreliable Assurances and Espionage
September 29. Central Criminal Court, London. Julian Assange’s defence team spent the day going over, reemphasising and sharpening the focus on what awaited their client […]
Assange’s Fifteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Solitary Confinement and Parlous Health Care
September 28. Central Criminal Court, London. Throughout the sham process formally known as the Julian Assange extradition trial, prosecutors representing the United States have been […]
Assange’s Fourteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Elections, Cracking Passwords and Failures of Proof
September 25. Central Criminal Court, London. On this Friday, the Assange trial moved into the rarefied realm of computer hacking and the less than rarefied […]
Dean Jones: Life of a Cricketing Entertainer
He was very much one of those cricketers who made the pulse race, a figure for the advocates of a faster variant of the game. […]
Assange’s Thirteenth Day at the Old Bailey: Mental Health, Managed Risk and Publication Chronologies
September 24. Central Criminal Court, London. The lion’s share of today’s Old Bailey proceedings in Julian Assange’s extradition trial was spent on battles over mental […]
Assange’s Twelfth Day at the Old Bailey: Autism, Suicide and Prisons
September 23. Central Criminal Court, London. Following the script sheet of the previous day, the non sequitur, pop medical view of the prosecution was again […]
Assange’s Eleventh Day at the Old Bailey: Suicide, Hallucinations and Psychological Torture
September 22. Central Criminal Court, London. Today, the prosecutors in the Julian Assange case did their show trial predecessors from other legal traditions proud. The […]
Assange’s Tenth Day at the Old Bailey: Bolting Horses, Death Penalties and Plots of Eviction
September 21. Central Criminal Court, London. Today was one of reiteration and expansion. Computer scientist Christian Grothoff of the Bern University of Applied Sciences supplied […]
Dangerous Streamlining: Emergencies, Militarisation and Civil Liberties
Be wary of anyone insistent on using the word “streamline” in the context of policy and planning. It suggests a suspicion of sound procedure, due […]
Assange’s Ninth Day at the Old Bailey: Torture Testimonies, Offers of Pardon and Truth Telling
September 18. Central Criminal Court, London. The extradition trial of Julian Assange at the Old Bailey moved into a higher gear today. Testimonies spanned the […]
Assange’s Eighth Day at the Old Bailey: Software Redactions, the Iraq Logs and the Extradition Act
September 17. Central Criminal Court, London. The extradition trial of Julian Assange at the Old Bailey struck similar notes to the previous day’s proceedings: the […]
Assange’s Seventh Day at the Old Bailey: Diligent Redactions and Avoiding Harm
September 16. Central Criminal Court, London. Proceedings today at the Old Bailey regarding Julian Assange’s extradition returned to journalistic practice, redaction of source names and […]